“He was planning to rape me -” “Why would he ever -” “Because he knew he’d get away with it.” -Courtney Summers Violence is at its most exceedingly awful indication when it happens inside the family – a unit which is probably the most secure and the most ensured zone in human life. The effect …
Criminalization of Marital Rape in India: An Unfulfilled Dream Read More »
Religious tolerance is founded in both law and tradition in India, which is a country of religious and cultural diversity. Throughout India’s history, religion and cultures have played a significant role in the country’s society. The overwhelming majority of Indians have a religious affiliation. According to the Indian census, Hinduism is practiced by 80.5 percent …
Applicability of Hindu Marriage Act 1955 to People from Various Cultures Read More »
Marriage is the most essential part when one ties a knot with the other and is known to be a husband and wife. If a person wants to marry a girl or a boy from another religion then the act under which they can marry is known as the Special Marriage Act, 1954. This talks …
Notice of Marriage of the Married Couple under Special Marriage Act Read More »
Child marriage has been a glaring failiure of the institution of marriage as it stands today. Despite there being laws enacted prohibiting matrimony in children; an incredibly high incidence of child marriages still subsists. Before their 18th birthday, 27 percent of girls in India are married and 7 percent are married before the age of …
Personal Laws became one of the quintessential factors that develops a society based on culture and religiously diverse equanimity towards the society. Personal laws refer to those codified laws of the land that have laid emphasis on the development of the cultural and religious practices which have been followed since time immemorial and have been …
Since the Vedic Era, the connection shared between the spouses in Hindu marriage has been considered to be of immense sanctity. Over the years, the sacrosanct bond of marriage has evolved to be characterized as a ceremony between the life partners. A codified law i.e., the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (referred to as ‘the Act’ …
The division of property has been one of the most debated issues in Family Law, with the unfair and biased patriarchal attitude of the society and promoting the idea of domination of the males in the society and not letting wives or women of the society, post-separation to be treated on similar lines. The evolution …
Marriage in the Indian society holds a very revered place. This reverence thereafter shapes our family laws where a married couple has more legal rights and protection than any other kind of civil union between two individuals for private purposes. Hence, attempting to keep the arrangement alive for the couple without any compelling reasons may …
Divorce and Judicial Separation: Trends and Differences Read More »
Marriage is considered as a sacrament in the Hindu religion, implicitly denoting that marriage is permanent and cannot be dissolved. Hindus conceive their marriage as a holy and sacramental tie but not as a contractual union. In older days, the spouses’ consent was not considered since Hindu marriage is ordained as an indispensable Sanskar (sacrament) …